The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 26,826 – Mar 8 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| A number of workers with joint occupation |
TENANTSHIP |
| Artist’s dry, taking off coat |
HIRST |
| Bankrupt’s lamenting having wasted £1,000 |
RUIN |
| Bear with totally heartless employer? One gets fired |
LUGER |
| Boy to betray embarrassment, holding another boy’s hand |
ROYALFLUSH |
| Bread gets left inside jar |
CLASH |
| Buzzing used to be on the radio |
WHIR |
| Criminal charge extremely heavy after one’s put in can for life |
BIOGRAPHY |
| Enduring stick, going through high seas |
AGELESS |
| Fanatic — he willingly boxes champ |
CHEW |
| Foolish god offered up lily-like flower |
AMARYLLIS |
| Going to store outside of Everton for baking ingredient |
LEAVENING |
| It’s put on eggs bishop’s eaten |
ROBE |
| Joke without malice but with some bite |
PUNGENTLY |
| Long time before noon |
YEARN |
| Modern musician’s anxiety broaching grand finale in opera |
GANGSTA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Northerly Polish mother country, as was |
BURMA |
| Part of Laurel and Hardy not hard to find in a fable that’s silly |
BAYLEAF |
| Past tax cut gets acclaim |
EXTOL |
| Play down bribe with newspaper in dodgy deal |
SOFTPEDAL |
| Poster plugging good show is boasting |
BRAVADO |
| Preferring to be in hot seat — and may need grilling |
STAYATHOME |
| Run in running pump? Not in the main |
ONSHORE |
| Some of capital loans tend, unfortunately, to secure nothing |
EASTLONDON |
| Spikes drink, with Sprites passed round |
IMPALES |
| Spin from ex-PM about dissolute man back in office |
PIROUETTE |
| They say who’s written Times columns |
BYLINES |
| Tsetse flies around, covering capital of African lands |
ESTATES |
| Vacuous geezer, a twit or dope |
GRASS |
| We’re told stable food recipe — covered in sauce, it’s magic! |
HEYPRESTO |
| What may be dropped in 3 with a feeling of irritation |
AITCH |
| With hair receding, this paper’s boss is in love |
ENAMOURED |